Nervous Democrats reeling from President Barack Obama's lackluster debate performance and seemingly sudden change of fortunes in the polls are being comforted by one thought: when it counts, his supporters say, he always pulls though.

"So far every time, he's done it," said one former Obama administration aide. "He's the cat with the nine lives; at the end of the day the fundamental still favor him."

Obama's Democratic allies are hoping that his next debate performance will undo the damage of his first showing, and that once again, Obama will successfully pull out a last-minute victory.

Obama campaign aides have begun using words like "aggressive" and "passionate" to describe the Obama voters will see in the second presidential debate on Tuesday.

"He didn't meet his own expectations," said Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs on CNN's State of the Union, Sunday. "He knew when he walked off that stage, and he also knew as he's watched the tape of that debate, that he's got to be more energetic."

According to Bill Galston, senior fellow of governance at the Brookings Institution and former Clinton administration senior advisor, when Obama is down, his competitive instinct kicks in.

"I can only imagine how an intensely competitive person is receiving the negative reviews his debate performance garnered," Galston said. "I've got to believe there's fire in his belly now to go and turn this around in the second debate."

And as New York Times Columnist Maureen Dowd put it in her column following the debate, Obama "performs better when his back is against the wall; he has some subconscious need to put himself in challenging positions."

When Obama said he created 5 million jobs say  Yes 5 million jobs created in China , zero in the U.S.A 

Also when Obama talks about Romney's 5 trillion $ tax cut sayYou're confused, that's the federal debt that you burdened Americans with which is greater than all 11 previous presidents combined. but you say Bush put you in the hole, no its you who put America in a crater

Help me get these lines to Romney campaign.

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posted on 10/16/2012 11:54:59 AM PDT
by rurgan
(Sunset all laws at 4 years.China is destroying U.S. ability to manufacture,makes everything)

The guy is a cornered animal. We must not get cocky here and anticipate any moves he will make. Remember, a cornered animal is a most dangerous one. However, if we win this debate, I think it is almost over.

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posted on 10/16/2012 11:55:40 AM PDT
by Nowhere Man
(Whitey, I miss you so much. Take care, pretty girl.)

Romney, "Obama, the only President to buy a car company (GM) & Insurance company(AIG) with taxpayer back credit card!"

( While the Treasury was universally expected to sell stock this month(Sept), the magnitude of the planned $18 billion offering was a surprise that will take the government stake in what had been the world's largest insurer to around 20 percent from 53 percent currently. )

“The comeback meme has already started. The media’s goal for tonightcreate an illusion of a momentum switch.”

Yup.

It’ll be more of a hussein cheerleading rally than the last debate. The leftist that is moderating it has as much said that she won’t follow the debate rules, and hussein will have rehearsed axelrod’s lines better this time.

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posted on 10/16/2012 12:00:50 PM PDT
by RKBA Democrat
(Leftists are the small hive beetles of the American hive)

...and as per everyone’s predictions, they’ve set up the Comeback Kid storyline.

Hopefully the high expectations they’re putting on him will backfire. Harder to meet high expectations than low ones.

I hope Romney absolutely slits Obama’s throat tonight. If he does so it’ll put a huge dent in Dem morale. They’re putting an awful lot of hope and energy into this debate, and they haven’t shown any attempts to set up contingency spin in case of an Obama failure.

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posted on 10/16/2012 12:00:59 PM PDT
by verum ago
(Some people must truly be in love, for only love can be so blind.)

The expectations are so low for Barry that if he just doesn’t fall down and drool on himself they will declare him the winner. Candy Crowley’s job is to help him stutter through it. She will be the 3rd debater like Radditz.

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posted on 10/16/2012 12:02:47 PM PDT
by Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)

Lord, I’m sick of this silly game. Over the course of a month it went from it’s all over, Mitt should pack it in now to Mitt shocks the world, Obama has no hope to Obama’s the comeback kid, Mitt never had a shot. All of it utterly made up. They want it to like a football game, with momentum shifting back and forth, basically so they have something to talk about.

I think we all know solid chunks vote Pub or Dem no matter what, and the rest, the ones everone’s always fighting over, make up their minds in the booth.

When Obama says he saved jobs, Romney can ask Obama why they had to lower the total number of jobs in order to bring the unemployment rate down? How can Obama save jobs and reduce the job count at the same time?

-PJ

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posted on 10/16/2012 12:07:32 PM PDT
by Political Junkie Too
( It doesn't I naturally when you're not natural born.)

3) Romney is an experienced business leader who has had to take over strugling companies and make them profitable. Romney was the governor of a whole state of moonbats. To Romney, Obama is a lightweight.

4) Romney is naturally amiable. Obama is going to have to manufacture a persona for tonight’s debate.

5) Romney has had a year’s worth of real practice in the primaries with the likes of Newt Gingrich.

The state run media knows it made a mistake questioning zero’s performance during the first debate. That will not happen again. He can do no wrong. And when they report tonight that zero won “BigTime”, the polls will shift back to a Zero lead. The American people are to stupid to think for themselves.
Wait and see, it will happen.

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